As Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to ingratiate himself with Israel and world Jewry, here's a story from 2020 that shows how he tries to gaslight the English speaking world.
He issued a statement justifying the conversion of the historic Hagia Sofia church, which was then a museum, into a mosque. He used the language of tolerance and openness and legal rights:
But his message in Arabic was much different in content and tone:
Reviving Aya Sofia is glad tidings regarding the return of the Al-Aqsa Mosque's freedom.
Reviving Aya Sofia is a new beginning for Muslims all over the world on the way out from dark ages.
Reviving Aya Sofia does not only represent the return of hope for Muslims, but for all the wronged, oppressed, down-trodden, and exploited.
Reviving Aya Sofia is a greeting from the bottom of our hearts to all the cities that represent our civilization, starting with Bukhara, all the way to Andalusia.
Reopening the Aya Sofia – the will of Mehmed Fatih (Mehmed "the Conqueror") – as a mosque, 70 years after the return of the call to prayer is a revival (resurrection) that was fulfilled belatedly.
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